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RE: It's A Quote
November 17, 2021 at 6:02 pm
(November 17, 2021 at 5:57 pm)Alan V Wrote: (November 17, 2021 at 2:25 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ‘The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a fucking lunatic.’ - Stephen Fry
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Swearing strikes me as a sign of laziness.
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November 17, 2021 at 7:13 pm
I swear, by the moon and the stars in the sky......
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November 19, 2021 at 10:55 am
“We are hearing rumors that the front row of GOP hostages behind Kevin McCarthy are asking whether they can just be censured instead,” wrote Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
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November 20, 2021 at 8:52 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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November 20, 2021 at 9:22 pm
"By Aphrodite's' brazen ass!" (Titus Pullo)
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November 21, 2021 at 12:08 am
(November 20, 2021 at 9:22 pm)Gwaithmir Wrote: "By Aphrodite's' brazen ass!" (Titus Pullo)
That must have been quite the tan.
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November 22, 2021 at 10:32 am
“The God excuse: The last refuge of the man with no answers and no arguments!” (George Carlin)
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November 23, 2021 at 4:44 am
'Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy. He was brought down by law and order allied with religion, which is always a deadly mix. Beware those who claim to know the will of God and are prepared to use force, if necessary, to make others conform. Beware those who cannot tell God's will from their own.' - The Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Taylor, professor of religion, Piedmont College.
She's not wrong.
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November 23, 2021 at 9:55 am
"Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world." (Mark Twain)
"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)
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RE: It's A Quote
November 23, 2021 at 11:40 am
(November 23, 2021 at 9:55 am)Gwaithmir Wrote: "Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world." (Mark Twain)
‘Why do we rejoice at a birth and weep at a funeral? Because we are not the party involved.’ - ibid
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